THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE
A COVETED PLACE ON THE BOWSPRIT
Gulls live about a ship as a robin does in a garden. They will coast along at the stern of
a steamer for days to get a meal of choice "seconds" thrown out by the cook. There seem to
be reliable records of Gulls following the same vessel from the Irish coast to New York, a
distance of 2,560 miles.
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